See this dialog response. The word "Ba'al Zebûb" in rabbinical texts is a mockery of the Ba'al religion, which ancient Hebrews considered to be idol worship. What came before?
Conversation transcript:
Speaker 1: What do you know about Beelzebub's characteristics?;
Speaker 2: Beelzebub was also imagined to be sowing his influence in Salem, Massachusetts; his name came up repeatedly during the Salem witch trials, the last large-scale public expression of witch hysteria in either North America or Europe, and afterwards, the Rev.;
Speaker 1: Are there any other interesting aspects about this article?;
Speaker 2: Cotton Mather wrote a pamphlet titled "Of Beelzebub and his Plot".;
Speaker 1: What did the media say about him?;
Speaker 2: The name "Baʿal Zəvûv" () is found in , where King Ahaziah of Israel, after seriously injuring himself in a fall, sends messengers to inquire of Ba'al Zebûb, the god of the Philistine city of Ekron, to learn if he will recover.;
Speaker 1: Did he have any followers?;
Speaker 2: Elijah the Prophet then condemns Ahaziah to die by God's words because Ahaziah sought counsel from Ba'al Zebûb rather than from God.;
Speaker 1: Did he have any other characteristics?;
Speaker 2: Rabbinical literature commentary equates Baal Zebub of Ekron as lord of the "fly".;
Speaker 1: Is there anything else you can tell me about the text?;
Speaker 2: 